Should I carry?

[bubbapug1]

You can always open carry, no law agaisnt that...

[M47_Dragon]

Sorry to hear about what happened, man. If the strange events are real, and most involve vehicles, I would suggest checking out these books/videos.
Might help you get out of a tight spot if you need to.

Good luck on getting back on track with everything. Must be hard. I can't imagine.

http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Driving-Staying-Worlds-Dangerous/dp/1581605544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248414572&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Survive-Motorbooks-Workshop-Curt/dp/0760305250/ref=pd_cp_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/COUNTERAMBUSH-DRIVING-SKILLS-EVASION-TECHNIQUES/dp/B001CCXS72/ref=pd_sim_b_1

[Ron-Solo]

Killing dirtbags is like a wet dream for me,

Spoken like a true ARMCHAIR WARRIOR. It is statements like this that make responsible gun owners look like crazed messengers of death and destruction. Do us all a favor and shut up. Stop giving the anti-gun people ammunition to use against us.

Anyone who has been in the situation where it is necessary to shoot another individual, regardless of the circumstances, realizes that it is sometimes necessary, but should never be a pleasure. Unfortunately, I've been in that situation more than once.

[Jonathan Doe]

Carrying a concealed and loaded firearm was a misdemeanor for the first violation as I remembered when I worked on the streets long time ago. LEO's have discretion on infraction and misdemeanor arrests.

Actually, almost 20 years ago, I have let go of one person I stopped, who had a gun on him concealed. He had a copy of 3 or 4 police reports indicating that he was robbed carrying the day's sales cash on the way home. A little store owner could not afford to lose the money. Well, that was me at the time. I don't know how the LEO's work on the streets now, and I cannot speak for them.

[retired]

cedew, thank you for the apology and clarification. The way it sounded is the way it was interpreted and that is why I deleted it. I'm sure everyone appreciates you coming back and saying what you did.

[Ron-Solo]

cedew, apology accepted at face value. We all hit the send button sometimes before reading it back to make sure we are sending the right message.

Aloha

[Asphodel]

Turbo,

Please forgive me if I'm a bit 'blunt'........but no business, no $4K in receipts, for that matter, probably not $40K, is worth ever again chancing the level of injury you suffered.......like it or don't, face the fact that you will never be the same.

Sometimes, rational survival, particularly that of your family's health, really should take precedence over a business venture, no matter how good the venture, or how strongly you may feel about it.

From some of the comments above, its all too easy to deduce that some laws here in Cali are literally psychotic.......

Medical treatment today is far better than that of years ago, and, hopefully, your physical damage will heal, however long it may take, or however you will adapt yourself to the disfigurement you may be forced to live with.

Your emotional issues are quite another question........one on which d*mned few people are qualified to even guess, even the Police Chaplaincy people who, doubtless, will try their best.......You are probably the only one who will ever understand them, and it may take you quite a while to find the level of 'balance' you need to survive and re-develop your personal self-esteem.

There are other states, other kinds of business, and other ways of life.......continuing to be in a situation where you might be a 'target' for 'gang bangers' is not only not a good idea, but a seriously bad one.......

You make need years to recover from the anger you feel........this is just a 'fact of life'......but for the sake of your family, you need to find, in yourself, some way to do that.

What do I know about any of this? Why should I say anything? How about a 'now it can be told' story, from quite a few years ago?

I went along to be 'moral support' when a friend had to sign the papers to formally identify his younger brother's body.......and it took me a long time to be able to talk about what I had to see.

Some 'gang' criminals are more vicious than others.......try to imagine someone you'd known, but not very well, as 'just the younger brother of a friend'......and, as the result of some not-well-understood gang violence incident, had been shot in the back of the head with a rifle, at close range.........the mortuary people were ever so nice to us......but that document verifying his identity had to be signed........the term 'condition of the remains' takes on a rather horrific meaning, in such a circumstance.

Seriously.......even if it involves a major cost to your self-esteem now, 'play safe' and......whatever it takes, at whatever cost, find a way to re-locate your family, and make yourself a life in which you won't take the level of risk you previously accepted.......

As I said, sorry about being 'blunt'........

cheers

Carla

[PorkLover]

sorry to hear about that....I would "legally" carry a knife or pepper spray until you ccw is approved.....you could also get a dog......

[Geo]

If my life is legitimately at risk the law doesn't mean ****.